Homeric stitchings
Homeric stitchings1998
About this book
Homeric Stitchings is a study in the performative aspects of ancient reading, the processes of human memory, and the reception of Homeric poetry as oral poetry in later antiquity. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of Homer, the Bible, and comparative literature and to cultural historians.
Details
- First published
- 1998
- OL Work ID
- OL1820628W
Subjects
AppreciationCentosChristian poetry, GreekCriticism and interpretationGreek Christian poetryHistoryHistory and criticismIntellectual lifeLiterary formMythology, Greek, in literatureOral traditionOral-formulaic analysisTransmission of textsHomerChristian poetry, history and criticismByzantine empire